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Kwazu-Natal
Our introduction to KwaZulu-Natal was a return to really good roads and open driving. We headed directly for our bed and breakfast - Wendy's Country Lodge in Mtubatuba where we were met with enthusiasm and all sorts of help setting up reservations and itineraries for our stay in the area. After a hippo/ croc safari where we saw loads of both, we …
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... upgrade to a cabin with heating for R300 ($35). The crew moved into the truck, but we prepared ourselves for another cold one in the tents. The camp owner dropper off some timber for the fire and said "Hope you survive". We stayed huddled by the fire, then basically wearing all our clothes set for the tents. I found a couple of extra layers. Did some exercises before hitting the sleeping bag and managed to stay snuggly warm. It seemed to me noticeably warmer in the morning maybe around ...
Wobbly man and hobble along
... to the hike....it ended up a full 8 hrs day hike. We worked out about 15kms including a bloody great mountain!
I'm in abit of post hike pain and cant walk, and Dan is fed up with his wobbly man syndrome...what a pair!
After continuous deliberation we are continuing with our trip...chilled time is what Dan needs and we can get that here, and we are only a flight away from anywhere we need to be.
The flight has been moved to Tuesday and we are planning to be on it.
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Rock Art of the San People
... The amount of fat also led the bushmen to believe that the Eland is a very sacred animal and they would get into a trance state during ceremony's involving dances which aim to capture the power of the Eland for themselves. The San paintings depict some if this and are painted using Ocre, Fat, blood, water, crushed ostrich eggs and some of the lighter coloured sands. Unfortunately some of the paintings have had graffiti written on them ...
FAILED ROBBERY ATTEMPT
... Colin had once been told: "You can't become plant manager, because you're white."
-- Interjection: I just wanted to give this story of a failed robbery an introduction discussing South Africa's racial disharmony, its government and law enforcement, and crime - because I suspected these things were related. --
Before Colin had picked me up and driven me to his bush-camp, I got a ride from Shawn. A man of English descent, he explained that the Dutch Reformed ...